Long Distance Running with Flat Feet

Question:

Olga

Olga

Instagram: @runlazyass

Good afternoon.

Tell me, please, can I run more than 10 kilometers with flat feet?

Answer:

Кульков Олег Сергеевич

Kulkov Oleg

Master of Sports of International class in track and field athletics, winner of the Zurich marathon, participant of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, multiple European Cup and Russian championships medalist, coach of the school “I Love Running”

Greetings!

Flat foot is actually very common among runners and some of them like 10 ль running and even longer distances. Our main task is not to harm our body and health during running trainings. Therefore, if your flat feet is established or self-diagnosed, I recommend you to consult a podiatrist and if appropriate to order individually designed orthotics. I myself used orthotics not having flat feet because there are a lot of indications for orthotics use.

The question of long distance running (over 10 kilometers) with flat feet should be considered individually. In this connection I think only your well-being should be an indicator of load adequacy. You can carefully increase a distance by step if you don’t feel musculoskeletal pain or discomfort as a distance increases. I will repeat and say it would be better for you to wear training shoes with orthotics mentioned above during trainings. It will be an additional protection from potential adverse effects.

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